Israel-Gaza violence: Palestinian toll hits 583, UN says 80% of those killed were civilians
Even as the UN called for an immediate ceasfire in the region following the bloodiest day in the violence, Israel and Hamas continued exchanging fire for the fifteenth day, raising the death toll to 572.
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A vehicle carrying 7 soldiers was attacked July 20. We have identified 6 of their bodies. Efforts to identify the 7th soldier are ongoing.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 22, 2014
It may be noted that Hamas`s military wing had yesterday claimed capturing an Israeli soldier, which was denied by Israel`s UN envoy.
Despite growing death toll, Hamas continued to fire a barrage of rockets towards Israel, with many of them being intercepted by Iron Dome.
The IDF meanwhile continued its strikes and ground offensive in Gaza and claimed having killed 10 militants yesterday when two terrorist cells infiltrated Israel through a tunnel from Northern Gaza Strip.
Israel launched Operation Protective Edge on July 8 to stop Hamas rockets falling into Israel. Last Thursday, Israel launched a ground offensive in Gaza to destroy tunnels used by the Hamas militants to infiltrate.
Since the beginning of the ground phase of the operation, the IDF says, it has uncovered 23 Hamas terror tunnels.
Since starting our ground operation in Gaza, we have struck 1,388 terror sites and killed 183 terrorists. pic.twitter.com/g7FtwHq1Tc
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 22, 2014
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